They are NOT angry at Watson for posing topless. They don’t believe this act makes her a hypocrite on its own.

However, three years ago, in a 2014 interview with Wonderland Magazine, the actress seemingly took issue with a particular brand of feminism Beyonce practiced in her 2013 visual album.

Watson said the following back when about Beyonce being all sexy and seductive for this album:

As I was watching [the videos] I felt very conflicted, I felt her message felt very conflicted in the sense that on the one hand she is putting herself in a category of a feminist, but then the camera, it felt very male, such a male voyeuristic experience of her.

Having seen these past comments, loyal members of the BeyHive fans have begun to flood Emma’s Instagram account with bee emojis and harsh words.

“Emma Watson isn’t a hypocrite b/c she’s a feminist and shows her breasts, she’s a hypocrite b/c she criticized Beyoncé for the same thing,” wrote one Beyonce fan.

Ouch.

Are these remarks fair, due to Watson’s former stance on Beyonce? Or are the situations very different?

Neither Watson nor Beyonce has issued a statement in response to this growing controversy.

Where do you stand? Do you think Watson violated some kind of feminist ethos with the photo above? Should she apologize?

Or do you agree with her take on this silly non-scandal, that women ought to be free to choose how they are portrayed?